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The Historical Profession's Greatest Modern Scandal, Two Decades Later

Emory professor Michael Bellesiles resigned in the midst of a political firestorm. He still stands by his work.
by Bill Black via The Week on September 18, 2019
Dutch paintings of man writing letter and woman reading letter.

How Personal Letters Built the Possibility of a Modern Public

The first newspapers contained not high-minded journalism, but hundreds of readers’ letters exchanging news with one another.
by Rachael Scarborough King via Aeon on August 13, 2019
Painting of Santa Claus giving a sword to a Confederate cavalryman next to a dinosaur.

What Is Revisionist History?

What is revisionist history--and is it dangerous?
by Erin Bartram via Contingent on August 8, 2019

Back When American Fascism Was Bad

On the cancelling of Charles Lindbergh.
by Ed Burmila via The Baffler on July 10, 2019

What the Measles Epidemic Really Says About America

The return of the disease reflects historical amnesia, declining faith in institutions, and a lack of concern for the public good.
by Peter Beinart via The Atlantic on July 8, 2019
Senators Joseph McCarthy and Kenneth Wherry.

Democracy and Misinformation

The Cold War and today.
by Jennifer M. Miller via Perspectives on History on June 10, 2019

Punjabi Convoy

A history of trucking in America, told through the music that has kept truckers company on the lonely road.
by Nick Murray via Popula on March 25, 2019

What Presidential Announcements Reveal About the Candidates

The speeches present the country’s condition as a puzzle that’s missing one piece, which the candidate can supply.
by John Dickerson via The Atlantic on February 18, 2019
Ross Perot speaks at a podium.

Why Billionaires With Big Egos Now Dream of Being President

The trends that brought us Howard Schultz (and Donald Trump) started in the 1970s.
by Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer via Washington Post on January 29, 2019

Where Does Truth Fit into Democracy?

In modern democracies, who gets to determine what counts as truth—an elite of experts or the people as a whole?
by David A. Bell via The Nation on January 24, 2019

The Real Roots of American Rage

The untold story of how anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it.
by Charles Duhigg via The Atlantic on December 15, 2018
Douglas Engelbart wearing an earpiece, sitting at a computer, in 1968.

The Future, Revisited: “The Mother of All Demos” at 50

How the ’60s counterculture gave birth to personal computers and the vast tech industry that builds and sells them.
by Andy Horowitz via Los Angeles Review of Books on December 8, 2018

What War of the Worlds Did

The uncanny realism of Orson Welles’s radio play crystallised a fear of communication technology that haunts us today.
by Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey via Aeon on November 26, 2018

Canon Fodder

Where's the country music on Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 1980s?
by Shuja Haider via Popula on September 13, 2018

America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare

The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.
by Jeffrey Rosen via The Atlantic on September 12, 2018
Book cover for Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

The Long View: Surveillance, the Internet, and Government Research

A new book says “the Internet was developed as a weapon and remains a weapon today.” Does the charge hold up?
by Eric Gade via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 28, 2018
Roseanne Barr
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Why Roseanne Barr Paid a Bigger Price For Tweeting Than Donald Trump Has

These days, Hollywood is more democratic than Washington.
by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on May 30, 2018

The Death and Life of the Instant-Print Camera

The iPhone era has ushered in a new fondness for analog photography that has turned clunky cameras into necessary accessories.
by Molly McHugh via The Ringer on May 15, 2018

White Supremacy Is the Achilles Heel of American Democracy

Even in a high-tech era, fears about minority political agency are the most reliable way to destabilize the U.S. political system.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on April 17, 2018
Striking miners

A Culture of Resistance

The 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in historical perspective.
by Chuck Keeney via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 30, 2018
Women's liberation movement demonstrating in Washington D.C.

The Waves of Feminism, and Why People Keep Fighting Over Them, Explained

If you have no idea which wave of feminism we’re in right now, read this.
by Constance Grady via Vox on March 20, 2018
Crowd of students demonstrating.

Walkout: In 1960s L.A., Mexican-American High School Students Took Charge

Fifty years ago, teenagers organized a multi-school walkout that galvanized the Mexican-American community in Los Angeles.
by Paula Crisostomo, Teresa Mathew via CityLab on March 15, 2018
Statue memorializing Irish immigrants.

No, the Irish Were Not Slaves Too

The myth of Irish slavery has found fertile ground in Internet memes as a way to derail conversation about the need for affirmative action today.
by Liam Hogan, David M. Perry via Pacific Standard on March 15, 2018

Washington Has Meddled in Elections Before

The hidden hypocrisy within American outrage over Russian election meddling.
by William M. LeoGrande via The Conversation on February 26, 2018

The Racist History of the ‘Crisis Actor’ Attacks on Parkland School Shooting Survivors

Courageous Americans have been undermined by conspiracy theories for more than 150 years.
by Michael E. Miller via Retropolis on February 23, 2018

Can the World’s Biggest Dictionary Survive the Internet?

The costs of achieving the centuries-old lexicographical dream of capturing the entire English language.
by Andrew Dickson via The Guardian on February 23, 2018

Again with the History

Were the founders really warning us about Trump, or were they just playing politics, too?
by William Hogeland via William Hogeland blog on February 6, 2018

A Century Ago, Progressives Were the Ones Shouting 'Fake News'

The term "fake news" dates back to the end of the 19th century.
by Matthew F. Jordan via The Conversation on February 1, 2018

The Amplified Age

Jenny Hendrix on the 'Naughty Nineties,' the decade in which America rediscovered sex.
by Jenny Hendrix via The Times Literary Supplement on January 23, 2018

The Kids Aren’t Alright

A crucial new work of generational analysis explores how society turned millennials into human capital.
by Natasha Lennard via Dissent on January 1, 2018
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